The Daily Show: Ears Edition Trump Berates Reporters, Gets Mystery MRI & Closes Border to (Non-White) Immigrants | Elizabeth Kolbert
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Dec 2, 2025 Elizabeth Kolbert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New Yorker staff writer, joins Jon Stewart to discuss her book on climate change. They explore how humanity has recklessly disrupted 10,000 years of climate stability and why awareness hasn't led to effective action. Kolbert emphasizes the resilience of ecosystems and the economic advantages of clean energy for developing nations. The conversation highlights the political barriers to climate action and the urgent need for practical solutions to mitigate the looming impacts of climate change.
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Thanksgiving Mic Drop And The Mystery MRI
- Jon Stewart describes Trump's Thanksgiving press scrum where the president insulted reporters and boasted about an unexplained 'perfect' MRI.
- The clip highlights incoherence: Trump didn't know what body part was scanned yet declared a 'perfect' score and cognitive-test success.
Policy Double Standard Exposes Bias
- Jon Stewart highlights a political double standard: immigrants face collective punishment while some domestic groups get pardons and leniency.
- That inconsistency reveals immigration policy driven by bias and political favoritism, not consistent security criteria.
We Blew A Stable Climate In 10,000 Years
- Humans inherited 10,000 years of unusual climate stability and used it to invent ways to disrupt the climate.
- That stability should have been preserved, but instead we amplified risks by industrializing and burning fossil fuels.
